ROUNDUP

RED SOX 12, BLUE JAYS 2: David Price did not allow any earned runs over five innings in his return from the injured list, and the Boston Red Sox hit four home runs in a rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. A 33-year-old left-hander, Price had not pitched since May 2 because of left elbow tendinitis. Price (2-2) allowed three hits, struck out four and walked none, throwing 67 pitches. Price improved to 22-2 against the Blue Jays. Toronto scored twice in the second to tie the game after second baseman Michael Chavis allowed Billy McKinney’s two-hop grounder to bounce out of his glove for an error with one out. Richard Ureña grounded out and Luke Maile, who had been 0 for 7 against Price in his career, drove a fastball over the wall in left-center for his second homer this year. Price then retired his final 10 batters. Chavis, Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers homered for the Red Sox, who started a seven-day trip to Toronto and Houston. The World Series champions are 23-14 since a 2-8 start. Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree, Ryan Brasier and Hector Velázquez combined for hitless relief as Boston outhit the Blue Jays 16-3. Just one Toronto batter reached after the second, Freddy Galvis with a leadoff walk in the seventh. Toronto is batting a major league-low .218. Bogaerts and Devers hit consecutive second-deck home runs in the ninth off Ryan Tepera, the third time the Red Sox have gone back-to-back this season. Bogaerts and Devers had three RBIs each. In his second start with the Blue Jays, Edwin Jackson (0-1) gave up six runs — five earned — and seven hits in five innings. Toronto is the record 14th big league team for the 35-year-old right-hander. Bogaerts hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a four-run third that included Chavis’ ninth home run, this season, a two-run drive. Bradley’s two-run homer in the sixth against Elvis Luciano boosted the lead to 8-2, Bradley’s first home run since Game 3 of the World Series and his first in the regular season since last Sept. 20.